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Left or right? It’s not genetic
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Oct 2013
It is often assumed that handedness is inherited but a new study rules out a strong genetic factor …
Motorised matchsticks keep on going
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Oct 2013
Motorised microscopic matchsticks whose speed and direction of motion can be controlled have been d…
Multiple mates improves disease resistance
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Oct 2013
Being promiscuous may have benefits say researchers who have found mating with different males help…
Carbon nanotube acts as size sorter
Evoluted New Media | Added: 7 Oct 2013
Tiny molecules passing through nanotubes can be propelled or slowed down depending on their size sa…
British baked beans – yes please
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2013
Baked beans are a staple of the British diet, with over 1.7 million cans consumed in the UK every y…
Microfluidics competition
Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Oct 2013
Could you design the next generation of microfluidics equipment – then Dolomite need you!!--more--
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An evolutionary fear of holes?
Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Oct 2013
Trypophobia is the most common fear you’ve never heard of – but what is it about clusters of holes …
Plant geometry secret revealed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Sep 2013
Researchers from the University of Leeds have discovered how plants set the angles of their branche…
Polypill key to preventative medicine
Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Sep 2013
Taking several pills for one condition is an undesirable but necessary scenario for many, but a new…
Helping hand for panda cubs
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Sep 2013
As Edinburgh Zoo eagerly anticipates the birth of a panda cub, scientists in Glasgow – together wit…
Multi-million pound boost for UK aerospace innovation
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Sep 2013
The UK Aerospace industry will be given a major boost as the Technology Strategy Board launches a n…
Key fungus species help explain mysterious bat disease
Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Sep 2013
Researchers have identified what might be the key to unravelling the mystery of White Nose Syndrome…
Norwegian bacteria make super sunscreen
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Sep 2013
Bacteria living in Trondheim Fjord can provide humans with better protection against skin cancer an…
Magellanic Stream mystery solved by Hubble telescope
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Sep 2013
A 40-year old mystery has been solved by astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. They have…
Organic solar cells in a spin
Evoluted New Media | Added: 13 Sep 2013
Manipulating the ‘spin’ of electrons in organic solar cells can drastically improve their performan…
Microbes can influence host evolution
Evoluted New Media | Added: 12 Sep 2013
Contrary to current understanding, a new study has provided direct evidence that an individual’s mi…
Neutron studies reveal HIV drug mechanism weaker than assumed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Sep 2013
Neutron studies of an HIV enzyme and its inhibitor have revealed new areas for improvement in drug …
Bacteria-coated seeds enable crops to fix nitrogen
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Sep 2013
Technology developed at the University of Nottingham could enable all the world’s crops to take nit…
Seeing depth through a single lens
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Sep 2013
Microscopists may soon be able to create a 3D image through a single lens, without moving the camer…
Evolutionary grains of sand
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Sep 2013
Evolutionary ecologists are using “grains of sand” to understand more about evolutionary processes.…
